Tag: Syria

The White House on Monday said nothing was amiss with the Saudis after Riyadh announced Sunday that the king had changed his plans. (AP)

White House regroups after Gulf state summit plans unravel

Susan Crabtree · May 11, 2015 11:01 pm

Kerry to Meet Putin in Sochi

Kerry to Meet Putin in Sochi

Daniel Halper · May 11, 2015 11:47 am

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 6, 2015, to testify before a Defense Subcommittee hearing. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

U.S. begins training of Syrian fighters

Susan Crabtree · May 7, 2015 8:11 pm

U.S. Puts Bounty on Four Key Leaders of ISIS

Daniel Halper · May 5, 2015 6:04 pm

Smoke and dust rise over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 23, 2014. (Photo by Kutluhan Cucel/Getty Images)

National Security

Pentagon looking into claim airstrikes in Syria killed civilians

Tara Copp · May 4, 2015 5:22 pm

(Getty Images File)

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s banks, Chinese nuke proliferators, and Uncle Sam as a collection agent: Ex-Im and foreign policy

Timothy P. Carney · April 27, 2015 8:54 pm

Majority-Christian Ethiopia has angered Islamic groups due to its periodic armed conflicts with neighboring Somalia, which is mainly Muslim. (AP Photo)

Video purports to show ISIS executing Ethiopian Christians

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2015 8:42 pm

In this file image taken from undated amateur video posted on the Internet, NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, center, with NBC Turkey reporter Aziz Akyavas, left, and NBC photographer John Kooistra are seen after they were taken hostage in Syria. (AP Photo/Amateur Video, File)

Chief NBC foreign correspondent forced to amend 2012 Syria kidnapping story

Becket Adams · April 16, 2015 10:14 pm

Thousands of Syrians vetted for fighting

National Security

Thousands of Syrians vetted for fighting

Tara Copp · April 15, 2015 8:01 pm

The Gulf States Grapple With the Turmoil in the Middle East

Hussain Abdul-Hussain · April 15, 2015 2:17 pm

Women sit on the floor of a school at Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 12, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Forgotten: Palestinians massacred by Islamic State

Eliana Rudee · April 15, 2015 9:00 am

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National Security

Report: Syria used chemical weapons in Idlib attacks

Kelly Cohen · April 14, 2015 11:25 am